Yue ware lamp

Object Details

• Label

  The glaze on early Yue ware such as this oil lamp is usually grayish green in color and uneven in thickness. Because of difficulties in regulating the kiln atmosphere, glazes sometimes misfired beige, as seen on some areas of this lamp.

• Provenance

  Judith and Arthur Hart Burling [1]

  From at least 1961

  Howard D. Levine, from at least 1961 [2]

  To 1991

  Lesley R. Levine, Oakland, CA, by descent from Howard D. Devine, to 1991

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Lesley R. Levine in 1991

  Notes:

  [1] According to a manuscript in the possession of Lesley R. Levine that documented the Levine collection (see Curatorial Note 6, Louise Cort, December 6, 1991 and February 8, 1997, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1. See also, the photocopy of a typewritten section of "A Partial Description of Art Objects and Antiques in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Levine," dated 1961, in the object file.

  Also, the object was examined by John A. Pope at the Freer Gallery of Art in April 1959 (see Curatorial Note 1 in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Levine

  Judith and Arthur Hart Burling

  Lesley R. Levine

• Origin

  Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Lesley R. Levine in memory of Howard D. Levine and Norma G. Levine

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

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• Date

  300s, 400s

• Name

  Hart Burling, Judith and Arthur, Levine, Lesley R., Levine, Howard D.

• Place

  China, Zhejiang province

• Topic

  Yue ware, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Jin dynasty, 265-419

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings